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Dedication.
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Repentance. Let Pretenders to good Taſte admire in other Places the Grandeur of their Palaces, the Beauty of their Equipages, the Sumptuouſneſs of their Furniture, the Pomp of their Spectacles, all their Refinements of Luxury and Effeminacy. At Geneva, nothing is to be found but Men; but ſuch a Sight has its Merit; and thoſe, who look out for this Kind of Merit, are well worth the Admirers of every other Kind.
Deign, I beſeech you, Magnificent, moſt Honoured and Sovereign Lords, to accept all of you with the ſame Goodneſs the reſpectful Demonſtrations of the Share I take in your common Proſperity. If I
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